King man credits horoscope for $100K lottery win

A Stokes County man said an encouraging horoscope led to him winning $100,000 in the North Carolina Education Lottery.

Ken Johnson, a manufacturing associate from King, won the prize Friday after scratching off a $4 Million Gold Bouillon game ticket.

Johnson bought the ticket at Pete's Grocery on Doral Drive in Tobaccoville. He received $68,000 after taxes.

Johnson, whose wife recently lost her job, carried a laminated copy of his newspaper's horoscope from Thursday, which read, "An upturn in your financial affairs could suddenly and unexpectedly occur. This shift is likely to prove helpful in more ways than one."

He didn't win anything on his first $25 ticket. When he won his $25 back on the second ticket, he decided to buy a third one, which was the big winner.

Johnson plans to use the money to pay bills and save for a rainy day.

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